1974

All the songs listed in the Official Rarities section are cross-referenced by song title in these alphabetical pages.
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F-J

K-O

P-S

T-Z

This yearly page now contains only the main Rarities List! Mono 7" Singles & EPs (up to 1976) are now here, and Promotional Items (Albums and Singles) are now here. All Honourable Mentions are now here. For details of all 1973-74 single releases of A Fool Such As I, now see here.

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Barry Goldberg - "Barry Goldberg" - vinyl LP, Atco SD 7040 (USA/UK), 1974:
Atco was a subsidiary "specialty" label of Atlantic Records. Bob, who co-produced the album with Jerry Wexler, contributes back-up vocals on five tracks and plays percussion on "It's Not The Spotlight" - this album has not been reissued on CD, although other Goldberg albums are available.

Atco SD 7040 (USA) - front scan by Kenneth Robson	R-0106 Stormy Weather Cowboy (Barry Goldberg) R-0107 It's Not The Spotlight (Gerry Goffin-Barry Goldberg) R-0108 Silver Moon (Barry Goldberg R-0109 Minstrel Show (Barry Goldberg) R-0110 Big City Woman (Barry Goldberg) The copy of SD 7040 owned by Hans Seegers is the original pressing and has Atlantic Records' address as "1841 Broadway, New York, NY". Kenneth Robson's copy is the second pressing with their later address of "75 Rockefeller Plaza, NY, NY". Hans has information that the Broadway address was used until late 1973, but as this label is dated 1974 the move must have been later. Thanks to Wim van der Mark, Kenneth Robson and Hans Seegers for information and scans.			Atco SD 7040 (UK) - scan by Wim van der Mark
Atco SD 7040 (USA) - rear scan by Kenneth Robson	Atco SD 7040 (USA) - original Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (with R-0106 - R-0109)	Atco SD 7040 (USA) - detail of original Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers	Atco SD 7040 (USA) - original Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (with R-0110)	Atco SD 7040 (USA) - inner sleeve front, scan by Kenneth Robson
Atco SD 7040 (USA) - inner sleeve rear, scan by Kenneth Robson	Atco SD 7040 (USA) - later Side 1 scan by Kenneth Robson (with R-0106 - R-0109)	Atco SD 7040 (USA) - detail of later Side 1, scan by Kenneth Robson	Atco SD 7040 (USA) - later Side 2 scan by Kenneth Robson (with R-0110)	Also illustrated here is Atlantic ATL 10398, a very rare 7" promo single from this album released in West Germany in 1973 before the album was released in 1974. The two tracks of the single, (I've Got To Use My) Imagination and Dusty Country (both from Side 2 of the album), do not have Bob performing, but the label lists Bob as co-producer. This single is unique in that it was the only worldwide Atlantic promo release to have its own picture sleeve, all other promo releases used generic sleeves.
Atlantic ATL 10398 (West Germany) - front scan by Hans Seegers	Atlantic ATL 10398 (West Germany) - rear scan by Hans Seegers	Atlantic ATL 10398 (West Germany) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers	Atlantic ATL 10398 (West Germany) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers

"A Fool Such As I"/"Lily Of The West" - international promo and commercial stereo 7" singles, Columbia/CBS, Jan 1974 onwards:

Bob Dylan/The Band - "On A Night Like This" - mono/stereo 7" promo single, Asylum AS 11033 (USA), 7 Mar 1974:

Bob Dylan/The Band - "Something There Is About You" - mono/stereo 7" promo single, Asylum AS 11035 (USA), 10 May 1974:

Bob Dylan/The Band - "Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine" - mono/stereo 7" promo single, Asylum AS 11043 (USA), 1974:
These Asylum singles were made at three different pressing plants in the USA, each is identified by a code on the single label: CSM - Santa Maria, CA; CTH - Terre Haute, IN; SP - Pitman, NJ.

Bob Dylan/The Band - "It Ain't Me, Babe"/"All Along The Watchtower" - 7" mono/stereo singles, Asylum E-45212 (USA), Summer 1974:
These tracks are live with The Band and reductions to mono from stereo, as no mono version of this album was released..

Various Artists - "Disconnected - The Dial-A-Poem Poets Double" - vinyl 2LP set, Giorno Poetry Systems GPS 003 (USA), 1974
2LP set in a gatefold sleeve. Bob's contribution was recorded New York, Nov 1971, at the same session that produced September On Jessore Road (see 1972), Going To San Diego, Vomit Express (for both, see 1982) and A Dream (see 1994).

"Bringing It All Back Home" - 8-track release, Columbia 18 10 0024/Columbia House PCA 24 (USA), 1974?:

"Nashville Skyline" - Quadraphonic LPs, Columbia CQ 32872 (USA)/CBS Q 63601 (Spain), 1974:

"Planet Waves" - Quadraphonic LP, Asylum EQ-1003 (USA)/Quadraphonic 8-track tape cartridge, Asylum 8Q-1003 (USA), 1974:
For stereo LP and 8-track releases of Planet Waves, see the page for that album in International Album Releases (Regular). Before The Flood was also released by Asylum as a two 8-track set, but as far as I know in stereo only.

Various Artists - "The Bitter End Years" - 3LP set, Roxbury RLX 300 (USA), Oct 1974:

"Blood On The Tracks" - 12" test pressings, Columbia S-19322 (USA), Sep, Oct & Dec 1974:
The famous so-called "New York Sessions" version of the album from A&R Recording Studios, 799 Seventh Avenue, New York (the former Columbia Studios used by Bob in the 1960s).

Blood On The Tracks test pressing - Side 1 scan from Michael Krogsgaard's book "Master of the Tracks" (this version is dated "9/25/74" on the left above the "33 1/3 RPM" and does not have "S-19322" on the right - it also does not have track timings) Note the track order is the same as the released album	This test pressing contains five still unreleased tracks: R-0120 Tangled Up In Blue - unreleased take with different lyrics R-0117 You're A Big Girl Now - alternate take (a remixed version of this take appears on Biograph) R-0118 Idiot Wind - unreleased take with different lyrics R-0119 If You See Her, Say Hello - unreleased take with different lyrics R-0116 Lily, Rosemary & The Jack Of Hearts - unreleased take with extra verse Bob re-recorded these five tracks at the last minute in Minnesota in Dec 1974 with local musicians, some say because he felt there was a little too much "blood on the tracks", others say it was because his brother David Zimmerman convinced him that all the tracks on the album sounded too similar. Ellen Bernstein may also have had a role in convincing Bob to change the album. The New York Sessions versions of Idiot Wind; If You See Her, Say Hello and Tangled Up In Blue released in 1991 on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 are previously unreleased alternate takes to R-0118, R-0119 and R-0120. None of the five tracks from the test pressing replaced on the released album has yet been released in its original form. This is reportedly because they had already been widely bootlegged, and it was decided to include versions that were new to fans on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3. (An unreleased alternate take of Shelter From The Storm with an extra verse was released in 1996 on the soundtrack of the film Jerry Maguire, see 1996.) Dale Hargraves has a copy of the first release of the regular album (see International Album Releases) with matrix numbers Side 1 - PAL-33235-2E, Side 2 - PBL-33235-1A that appears to have the test pressing on Side 2 with R-0119 and R-0116. This has never been reported anywhere else! The main tracks for the album were recorded on 16-19 Sep 1974. According to Clinton Heylin's 1996 book "A Life In Stolen Moments - Bob Dylan Day By Day: 1941-1995" there was an overdub session on 23-25 Sep 1974, and Phil Ramone made a test pressing for Bob on 25 Sep. Heylin says this contained an approved sequence for the album that remained unchanged, but the label illustrations for the "9/25/74" test pressing from Michael Krogsgaard's 1991 book "Master of the Tracks" (first and second above) show that tracks 2 and 4 were swapped on Side 2. The song titles also underwent revision from pressing to pressing, as can be seen from the labels. The first pressing labels are missing the catalogue number "S-19322", the side number, and also the track timings that appear on the second pressing labels. Michael Krogsgaard's 1996 article "Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions, Part 3" doesn't list any recording sessions for 23-25 Sep 1975 but gives the date of the Griffin overdub session as 8 Oct 1974 (the date of the test pressing label in Heylin's "Day by Day" book). The Heylin labels dated "10/8/74" are third and fourth on the left. These show a different track sequence on Side 1 (which was apparently not retained for the final test pressing). Side 2 now has the final sequence. In his 1996 book "Dylan: Behind Closed Doors - The Recording Sessions 1960-1994" Clinton Heylin says that a final test pressing was made on either 6 Dec 1974 or 16 Dec 1974 (the date on the label is unclear because of a typo - I assume it's something like "12//6/74"). This had the final track sequence and was the version Bob played to David Zimmerman. I don't have pictures of these labels. Because Michael Krogsgaard dates the Griffin overdub session as 10 Oct 1974, there has been speculation that the first pressing has a currently uncirculating version of Idiot Wind without the Paul Griffin overdub. However, Tony Brown, the bassist for the Blood On The Tracks sessions, says the organ is indeed present on Idiot Wind on the "9/25/74" acetate. Tony Brown says that he and Paul Griffin played with Bob on all takes of Idiot Wind, and he does not remember Paul Griffin recording overdubs. Tony does, however, remember steel guitarist Buddy Cage recording overdubs - these are noted in the Krogsgaard article. The issue of the 8 Oct 1974 overdub session remains unresolved, but it appears that all the test pressings of Blood On The Tracks, despite different track sequences, have the same musical material. For the various sleeve designs of the released album, and a Jan 1975 acetate that contains the released album, see the Blood On The Tracks page in International Album Releases (Regular). Thanks to Jonathan P. Foulkes for the information about the two different circulating versions of this test pressing. Also thanks to Derek Barker, Bob Stacey, Peter Stone Brown for material included in this entry. Thanks to Michael Krogsgaard and Clinton Heylin for their respective books and articles. Thanks to Robin Platts of "Goldmine" magazine for information about the Columbia Reference Recording sold for auction on eBay in early 2008 for $5,000 which has typed labels omitting the album title but with track timings. The track order is the same as the released album, but the timings match the times of the tracks on the replaced version of the album. The UK "Uncut" magazine's Jan 2005 issue had as its feature article the story of the recording of Blood On The Tracks in Sep and Dec 1974 "One of the most truthful dissections of love gone wrong in rock history.' Exactly 30 years after its release in January 1975, we present the full story of Bob Dylan's Blood On The Tracks." You can listen to the five replaced tracks from Blood On The Tracks at "Uncut"'s web-site here. Thanks to Fred Muller for spotting this.
Blood On The Tracks test pressing - Side 2 scan from Michael Krogsgaard's book "Master of the Tracks" Note the differing track order from the released album
Blood On The Tracks test pressing - Side 1 scan from Clinton Heylin's book "Bob Dylan Day By Day" (this version is dated "10/8/74" on the left below the "33 1/3 RPM" and does have "S-19322" on the right plus track timings) Note the differing track order from the released album
Blood On The Tracks test pressing - Side 2 scan from Clinton Heylin's book "Bob Dylan Day By Day" Track order this time is now the same as the released album
Blood On The Tracks Columbia Reference Recording - Side 1 photo from eBay found by Robin Platts
Blood On The Tracks Columbia Reference Recording - Side 2 photo from eBay found by Robin Platts

"Gold Disc" - vinyl compilation album in gold foil sleeve, CBS/Sony SOPN 25 (Japan), 1974:

"Mr. D's Collection # 1" - promo LP, CBS/Sony YBPC 2 (Japan), 31 Dec 1974:
This is the album that first collected Bob Dylan rarities together, and it was only been released in Japan on vinyl as a strictly limited edition. I originally had this included here in 1974, but then moved it to 1977 on mistaken advice. This album was released three years before the extracted EP, Mr. D's Collection #2, which definitely dates from 1977. Hans Seegers has now confirmed the above date for this.

The Mr. D's Collection records were given away to Japanese fans in exchange for tokens collected from CBS/Sony albums (the obi or part of the obi). See 1977 for the EP Mr. D's Collection #2, and 1993 for the CD Mr. D's Collection # 3, a CD release. All these items were produced in limited quantities only, and are very collectable. Hans Seegers tells me that you had to send in ten tokens within only one month, so it meant a lot of upfront expenditure to get the album! It's time the material on this album and much more was made available on a commercially available Bob Dylan CD worldwide!

Stereo promo items for 1974 which don't contain rare material but which are still very collectable are now here: International Promotional Releases. Promo releases of regular albums and commercially released singles are now located on the appropriate page in International Stereo Releases.

For the Bob Dylan and The Band promo singles of On A Night Like This/Forever Young (UK), On A Night Like This/You Angel, You (France - test pressing, West Germany) and Something There Is About You/Tough Mama (West Germany) previously listed here, see International 7" Singles 1974-76.

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CBS/Sony SOPN 25 (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers	Sadly scans of the gold foil cover of this compilation, Vol. 17 of a series of "Gold Disc" compilations exclusive to Japan, cannot do it justice. I previously had this listed for 1972, but Hans Seegers points out that the front cover picture (which you can only see vaguely here) is a stage photo of Bob from 1974! Confusingly John Shaw says he purchased his copy in Japan in 1973, a date which he is sure of. The picture on the left shows a price of ¥2,200 on the yellow, black and white obi, but the copy below has a blue sticker on the obi changing the price to ¥2,400. Apparently this was done in 1975 prior to reprinting the obis. John Shaw's copy is priced at ¥2,200. R-0084-6 George Jackson - "Big Band" version from 1971 single (see 1971), also on Mr. D's Collection # 2 (see 1977) and Masterpieces (see 1978) Side 1: Blowin In The Wind; The Times They Are A-Changin'; My Back Pages; Mr. Tambourine Man; Like A Rolling Stone; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; I Want You. Side 2: I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; Girl From The North Country (with Johnny Cash); Lay, Lady, Lay; If Not For You; Watching The River Flow; George Jackson ("Big Band" version). For an extracted Gold Disc 7" EP with Blowin In The Wind; Like A Rolling Stone; The Times They Are A-Changin' and Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, see US & International 7" Singles & EPs 1974-76. Thanks to Hans Seegers, Shawn Chambers and Ulf Gyllenspetz for pictures and information.
CBS/Sony SOPN 25 (Japan) - front photograph by Ulf Gyllenspetz (this copy has a blue sticker with raised price ¥2,400)
CBS/Sony SOPN 25 (Japan) -rear scan by Hans Seegers		CBS/Sony SOPN 25 (Japan) - inside photograph by Ulf Gyllenspetz
CBS/Sony SOPN 25 (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers		CBS/Sony SOPN 25 (Japan) - inside photograph by Ulf Gyllenspetz
CBS/Sony SOPN 25 (Japan) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (with R-0084)		CBS/Sony SOPN 25 (Japan) - inside photograph by Ulf Gyllenspetz

CBS/Sony YBPC 2 (Japan) - front scan by Lars M. Banke	Side 1: R-0095-2 I'm So Restless (Roger McGuinn) - with Roger McGuinn, from his 1973 self-titled Columbia album (see 1973) Bob gets a name check in the lyrics as "Mr. D", which inspired this collection's title! R-0002-3 I'll Fly Away (Albert E. Brumley) - with Carolyn Hester, from her 1962 self-titled Columbia album, see 1962 (stereo version) For a complete list of all the compilations this track has appeared on, also see 1962. R-0145 Mixed Up Confusion - this is not the original US mono single (R-0007, see 1962). This is an alternate take (probably still mono) (2:30) that doesn't have the harmonica solo immediately after Bob's introduction "I've got mixed up confusion, man, it's a-killin' me!". According to Rob van Estrik this version, which also appears on the 1977 Japanese EP Mr. D's Collection # 2 (see 1977), the 1978 Australian set Masterpieces (see 1978), and in an edited form on the original 1985 issue of Biograph (R-0748, see 1985), runs slightly slow. Steve Espinola adds to this: "The Masterpieces* and Biograph alternate take runs about a semitone slower than the single take, making Bob sound overly mature and serious.* If the alternate take is sped up to the pitch of the single, it comes across as much more light-hearted. It also becomes a song in G, a much more likely correct pitch than F#.". For details of the four released alternate takes of this song, see 1962. Many thanks to Les Kokay for all his information about these alternate takes, and for permission to reproduce his findings and to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for further information. From a Buick 6 - I was originally informed this was the alternate take with the harmonica intro (R-0046, see 1965), but this track is now revealed to be the regular version from Highway 61 Revisited. As the Japanese 12" vinyl version of the album had the alternate take, this was then the "alternate" version to them! It had previously appeared in Japan only on a 1966 stereo EP - see US & International 7" Singles & EPs 1962-69. R-0085-2 George Jackson - Acoustic version from 1971 single, see 1971 Side 2: Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? I am now positively informed that the version of Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? in this set is in mono, and not the stereo version unavailable on commercial CD. The version available as on Masterpieces (1978) and Biograph (1985, remastered CD reissue 1997) and the 2001 Essential Bob Dylan/Ultimate Bob Dylan compilations is also from the original single and still in mono! The version on a CBS Spanish 7" EP and single was in mispressed mono and not in stereo as previously reported, see 1972. R-0054-4 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - live at Liverpool with The Hawks, May 1966, B-side of mono I Want You singles (see 1966) This live version, never released on a regular Columbia album, is also on the Japanese promo EP Mr. D's Collection #2 (see 1977), the 1978 Australian set Masterpieces (see 1978), the Japanese Mr. D's Collection #3 promo CD (see 1993), and the Capitol/EMI boxed set The Band: A Musical History (see 2005). All versions are as far as I know still in mono as originally recorded. Sadly, it does not appear on the B-side of a withdrawn CBS Spanish EP (see 1972), because the record was mispressed with It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry from Highway 61 Revisited instead! R-0072-2 Spanish Is The Loving Tongue - solo 1971 single B-side version (see 1971), also on Masterpieces, see 1978 This is not the version with band and backing singers from the 1973 Dylan album (R-0096, see 1973). R-0074-2 Nashville Skyline Rag - version with Earl Scruggs on banjo and Bob on guitar, recorded at Tom Allen's home, Carmel, NY, Dec 1970. For the original 1971 Columbia release of Earl Scruggs Performing With His Family and Friends, see 1971. R-0084-7 George Jackson - "Big Band" version from 1971 single (see 1971), also on Mr. D's Collection # 2 (see 1977) and Masterpieces (see 1978)
CBS/Sony YBPC 2 (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers
CBS/Sony YBPC 2 (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers
CBS/Sony YBPC 2 (Japan) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers	CBS/Sony YBPC 2 (Japan) - detail of insert showing release date of "1974 12 31", scan by Hans Seegers

Audio: 1974